Exhibitor.



P. H. HEALY.

EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

COLUMBIA FLANDGRAPH CUWWASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITE STATES PATENT *orruou.

PATRICK H. HEALY, .OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, A SSIG-NOR TO AMERICAN CUTGLASS COMPANY, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

EXHIBITOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. HEALY, a. citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inExhibitors, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has particular reference to a device for exhibitingarticles, such as photographs, pictures, cards, and similar articles.and consists in the construction of the exhibitor, in the peculiararrangement and combination of parts, and in certain details ofconstruction, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

For the purpose of illustration I have shown the device as adapted forexhibiting photographs, but it will be obvious from the followingdescription that it may be readily designed for use in connection withother articles, and I do not desire to limit my invention to itsemployment for exhibiting photographs.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the exhibitor,showing the rear side of the holder; and Fig. 2 is a detachedperspective view of the holder support.

In the present instance, the exhibitor comprises generally a holder Afor the photograph, and a. support B for maintaining the holder in thedesired upright position upon a suitable support. In this instance, theholder is in the form of a plate, preferably of glass, the rear face ofwhich is centrally recessed-as at ain which the photograph or thepicture is adapted to be placed, a portion of the glass surface of theholder being retained to form the desired covering for the picture.Bearings are provided on the frame or holder for its sup- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1913.

. Patented Feb. 3, 1914. Serial No. 750,483.

port, and I have shown these bearings in the form of lateral openings 6made in the side walls of the recess.

The support is preferably made from a single piece of spring wire, theportion intermediate its ends being bent first to form a main loopsection 0, a complementary loop portion (Z bent at an angle to the mainsection, and laterally-projecting extremities e f, the ends beingpreferably sharpened to engage the openings b in the holder andthespring of the metal being adapted to hold the support in properengagement with the holder. As thus constructed, the section (Z of thesupport acts not only as a stop preventing outward movement of the loopsection beyond the position where it serves to retain the holder in anupright position, but likewise bears against the photograph or pictureand holds the same firmly against the transparent panel of the holder.Furthermore, by reason of the detachable connection the support has withthe holder, it may be readily removed therefrom so as to be combinedwith the holder to form a compact package.

What I claim as my invention is-' In an exhibitor, a holder for thearticle to be exhibited, comprising a transparent plate or panel havinga recess formed in one side of a size to receive the article and lateralopenings made in the side walls of the recess, and a support for theholder having a bearing section adapted to hold the article against thebottom of the recessed portion, said support having pivot portionsextending into the lateralopenings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK H. HEALY. Witnesses: I

ORIEN A. JENIsoN, H. C. RICH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

